| 8.2.6 Négation au simple past |
En principe il n' y a pas de différence entre la négation au simple present telle qu' elle est décrite dans le chapitre négation et la négation au simple past. C' est toujours avec le verbe auxiliaire qu' on construit la négation. S´il y a un un verbe auxiliaire on utilise to do et s' il n' y en a pas de verbe auxiliaire on insère to do.
| Exemples | ||
| In 1980 I went to school. |
In 1980 I did not go to school. | 
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| He
bought a
bike last month. |
He did not buy a bike last month. |
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| The
school was
red still yesterday. |
The school was not red still yesterday. |
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| He played the piano on Monday. |
He did not play the piano on Monday. |
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| Yesterday she gave him a present. | Yesterday she did not give him a present. |
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| It was dark and cold, when he came out of the house. | It was not dark and cold, when he did not come out of the house. |
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| I read a book the day before yesterday. | I did not read a book the day before yesterday. |
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| They saw the light at the end of the tunnel last year. | They did not see the light at the end of the tunnel last year. |
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Vu que le simple past des verbes auxiliaires de mode est identique au conditionnel, très souvent il faut utiliser des périphrases pour éviter l' usage d' un simple past ambigu (voir Chapitre 8.2.5).
| Exemples | ||
| verbe auxiliaire => périphrase | ||
| can => was able to |
In 1980 I was not able to go to school. |
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shall => was to |
He was not to buy a bike (he does it anyway). |
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| must => had to | Yesterday she did not have to give him a present. |
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| to may => was allowed to |
They were not allowed to cross the border. |
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| to will => wanted to | I didn't want to do it all over again. |
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